Once again, we have two draws. After 3 games (of 4), both matches yielded in all draws. Kramnik and Gelfand will have white in the final game tomorrow. Unless there is a break through, they will head to rapid / blitz playoff.
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Showing posts with label Gata Kamsky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gata Kamsky. Show all posts
Saturday, May 14, 2011
2 more draws in the third game
Once again, we have two draws. After 3 games (of 4), both matches yielded in all draws. Kramnik and Gelfand will have white in the final game tomorrow. Unless there is a break through, they will head to rapid / blitz playoff.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Peaceful first day of the CM Semifinal
Grischuk and Kramnik drew in 16 moves in game 1 of their 2011 Candidates' Match while Kamsky and Gelfand shared the same result in 36 moves. Game 2 will take place tomorrow with Gelfand and Kramnik having white.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Kamsky - Topalov game 3 review
Kamsky - Topalov (video review)
Analysis of all games of the match by GM Henrik Danielsen
Tomorrow is the decisive day of the quarter finals of the Candidates matches. GM Danielsen looks at the last game of Kamsky - Topalov and reviews their previous encounters, including the victory of Kamsky in round 2.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Game 2 set back
Kamsky Sets Back Bulgaria's Topalov in FIDE Candidate Matches 2011
Sports | May 6, 2011, Friday
Bulgarian chess master Veselin Topalov lost to Gata Kamsky in his second match at the FIDE Candidate Matches 2011.
After drawing his first match against Kamsky on Thursday, Topalov is now behind 0.5:1.5. On Friday with the white pieces Topalov surrendered to his rival from the US on the 31st move.
Topalov and Kamski will be playing two more classic chess games on Saturday and Sunday. In the event of a draw, an accelerated match will be played on May 9, Monday.
The FIDE Candidate Matches 2011 are taking place in Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation. The winner of the Candidates Matches 2011 will qualify to challenge the World Champion GM Viswanathan Anand in a 12-game match during the first half of 2012.
After in 2010, Topalov, a former world champion, as the challenger lost the world title match with Anand in Sofia, he has been hoping to get a second chance to beat the Indian chess master for the world title; his chance to achieve that is a win in the FIDE Candidate Matches 2011.
Back in 2009, Topalov beat Kamsky in a challengers' match to win the right to face Anand for the world chess title.
The other three pairs of rivals in Kazan are Alexander Grischuk and Levon Aronian; Teimour Radjabov and Vladimir Kramnik; Boris Gelfand and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
Kamsky stuns Topalov with Black, all others drew
Kamsky just scored a big victory against Topalov with Black. He now leads 1.5 - 0.5 with 2 games to go! All other games are drawn.
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[White Elo "2775"]
[Black Elo "2732"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd5 10. Bg3 Bh6+ 11. e3 a5 12. h4 Ncb4 13. h5 c6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rd2 f6 16. Ne4 b6 17. Be2 Qc8 18. Rh4 Kf7 19. Rd1 g5 20. Rh2 g4 21. Nfd2 c5 22. dxc5 f5 23. Rxh6 Rxh6 24. Ng5+ Kf8 25. Nxe6+ Qxe6 26. Bc4 Rc8 27. Bf4 Rf6 28. e4 Rxc5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. b3 Qd4 31. Be3 Qc3+ 0-1
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Prejudicial decision
Chess notes
By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff
May 2, 2011
More here.
May 2, 2011
The 2011 US Championships have nearly come to a close. The tournament, which featured a record $230,000 in prizes, had an unusual format. Participants were invited to play in two groups of eight players each. The groups included most of the great American players, lacking only Hikaru Nakamura. The members of each group contended for two top spots, at which point the two qualifiers were to face each other in playoff matches. The rules of the tournament provided that draws could not be agreed to before the 30th move. A change in this rule, it turns out, had an important impact on the outcome of the tournament.
The tournament was held at the St. Louis Chess Club, which is a short distance from the St. Louis airport. Although the airport was greatly damaged by a recent tornado, the championships continued unabated.
Each group had an average rating of about 2578. Group 1 had Gata Kamsky as its favorite. Group 2 featured Alexander Onischuk. In Group 2, the great surprise was the sixth seed, Robert Hess. At one point, Hess posted four wins in a row and qualified for the finals by the sixth round. Onischuk and Sam Shankland, a Brandeis student, were tied for a qualification spot at that point. Shankland defeated Onischuk in round 7 to make it to the finals. Group 1 provided no surprises as Kamsky and Yuri Shulman took the lead by round 6: Kamsky with 4.5 points and Shulman with 4 points. In round 7, Shulman faced Kamsky. After 17 moves, Kamsky offered Shulman a draw that Shulman accepted and then requested that the chief arbiter, Carol Jarecki, allow it, as Kamsky was quite ill. Jarecki allowed the short draw. As Ray Robson defeated Alexander Ivanov, Shulman qualified with that draw.
We are unable to find the source of Jarecki’s authority for such a ruling. We have not found any references in United States Chess Federation rules allowing withdrawal for illness. As far as we know, the rules say that a game ends when a player’s flag falls. It is unfortunate when a player must leave because of pain or discomfort, and we have experienced the problem, but according the player a draw discriminates against his opponent and other contenders. In this situation, Kamsky was already assured of qualification with a draw and Shulman needed a draw for a certain tie for second place, so Shulman was certainly happy with the result. It is likely they would have drawn after 30 moves, but still the ruling appears to us to have been prejudicial to both Ivanov and Robson.
Eventually, the US Men’s Championship was won by Kamsky, who prevailed in his final match over Shulman, 1.5-.5. Third place went Shankland, a Brandeis student.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Kamsky retains title
US Championship Board by www.GLOSgames.com
APRIL 28, 2011, 11:54 A.M. ET
NY chess grandmaster wins US Championship in Mo.
Wall Street Journal
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — A 36-year-old chess grandmaster from New York has won the U.S. Championship in St. Louis.
Gata Kamsky (GAH-tuh KAHM-skee) defeated Grandmaster Yury Shulman (YUHR-ee SHUHL-muhn) of Chicago in the final match on Wednesday. The game lasted 2 1/2 hours.
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis hosted the event. The organization says Kamsky gets $42,000 and Yury gets $30,000 of the $170,000 prize fund. The event featured 16 competitors, and lower-place finishers also will receive prize money.
The U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship got under way April 14 with exhibition matches. The women's championship has a prize fund of at least $60,000 and was wrapping up Thursday.
Source: http://online.wsj.com
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Gata Kamsky wins 2011 US Championship as expected
US Championship Board created by www.GLOSgames.com
Gata Kamsky came to this US Championship as the heavy favorite. He performed solid in both the round robin and knockout stages. Today, he comfortably held with Black in the second of the two game final match against Yury Shulman to retain his US Championship title. Congratulations to Gata and Yury for their superb performances!
Friday, April 22, 2011
Might sound a mega-snub to the sponsor
Hikaru Nakamura gives hometown US Championship a miss
- The Guardian,
The annual US Championship is the most valuable national contest in chess, thanks to a Saint Louis investment billionaire. Rex Sinquefield plans to make his home city globally known and to promote young American talent on the world stage.
The 2011 title event has a $166,000 prize fund including $40,000 for the winner, and reaches its semi-finals this weekend. It has already sparked controversy due to the absence of the world top-10 grandmaster, twice former champion and crowd favourite Hikaru Nakamura. Nakamura is a Saint Louis resident and has been present this week as a spectator. This might sound a mega-snub to the sponsor but Nakamura is preparing for his 10-game match next month, also financed by Sinquefield in Saint Louis, against Ukraine's former world knock-out champion Ruslan Ponomariov.
The significant participant is the top-seeded Gata Kamsky, who has a big date on 3 May when the world title candidates matches begin in Kazan, Russia. At 22 Kamsky was ranked world No3 behind Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. His playing achievements then were marred by incidents involving his father/manager, who was alleged inter alia to have punched one of Gata's trainers after blaming him for a defeat and to have made death threats to Nigel Short during their 1994 candidates series.
When at the height of his powers, Kamsky abandoned chess for law school. He returned nearly a decade later when his strategic skills brought him back into the world top 20, though he had lost some tactical sharpness.
More here.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Topalov vs. Kamsky preview
Topalov - Kamsky, Candidates 2011
Candidate match with high expectations
GM Henrik Danielsen makes the first preview on the match Topalov - Kamsky from the Candidates Matches 2011. He takes a look at a key game from their last encounter in Sofia and makes a prediction for an exciting and unclear battle in Kazan.
Pairings of Candidates' Matches
Candidate match with high expectations
GM Henrik Danielsen makes the first preview on the match Topalov - Kamsky from the Candidates Matches 2011. He takes a look at a key game from their last encounter in Sofia and makes a prediction for an exciting and unclear battle in Kazan.
Pairings of Candidates' Matches
Monday, December 20, 2010
Kamsky, Van Wely tie for 1st at Atlantic City
Top 10 finishers
No. Name St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Score Prize
1. GM Kamsky, Gata (1)........... NY 2797 W29 W31 W3 L2 W6 W5 5.0 $1,800.00
2. GM Van Wely, Loek (2)......... NED 2729 W20 W8 W13 W1 D5 D4 5.0 $1,800.00
3. GM Ivanov, Alexander (7)...... MA 2605 W17 W18 L1 D19 W12 W10 4.5 $525.00
4. GM De Firmian, Nick E (8)..... USA 2575 -H- W32 D6 W14 W13 D2 4.5 $525.00
5. GM Lenderman, Aleksandr (5)... NY 2644 W16 W9 W7 D10 D2 L1 4.0 $240.00
6. GM Paragua, Mark C (6)........ PHI 2635 W21 W26 D4 W11 L1 D7 4.0 $240.00
7. IM Krush, Irina (9)........... NY 2552 -X- W12 L5 W25 D10 D6 4.0 $240.00
8. IM Sarkar, Justin (12)........ NY 2460 W23 L2 L14 W26 W19 W15 4.0 $390.00 (U2500 1st)
9. IM Bonin, Jay R (14).......... NY 2403 W24 L5 W15 L13 W21 W11 4.0 $390.00 (U2500 1st)
10. GM Shabalov, Alexander (4).... PA 2658 W15 D11 W19 D5 D7 L3 3.5 $180.00
11. FM Mandizha, Farai (13)....... ZIM 2431 W33 D10 W31 L6 W18 L9 3.5 $180.00
12. WIM Zenyuk, Iryna (16)........ PA 2320 W28 L7 D17 W24 L3 W14 3.5 $480.00 (U2400 1st)
Full results here: http://www.chessweekend.com/atlantic/results.html
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Kamsky in Atlantic City for big $$$
Atlantic City International Features Gata Kamsky and $50,000 in projected prizes
By Glenn Panner
November 29, 2010
Atlantic City International Features $50,000 in projected prizes.
December 16-19, 2010
Kamsky Simul, Poker & Blitz side events
GM and US Champion Gata Kamsky will be there to play.
Contact:
chessweekend.com
glenn@chessweekend.com
Details: Atlantic City, NJ-- December 16-19, 2010 Marks the dates for the historic first Atlantic City International chess tournament. This event is not your usual weekend swiss. Reigning US Champion GM Gata Kamsky will be giving a simultaneous exhibition Thursday December 16 and he will play in the main event.
If that is not exciting enough, ACI is hosting a Poker side event for those playing in the tournament and their guests. Yes, you get to play two games you love in one place.
Further more we are please to boast $99 room rates. This rate is nearly impossible to find in the area and is a special bonus to players from the gorgeous Sheraton Atlantic City Hotel.
The tournament itself has a $50,000 projected prize fund. You can pick between 2 day and 3 day schedules. All boards and sets will be provided. Just bring yourself and a friend, don't forget your clock, and be ready to have a good time.
This is the first major tournament to be held in the popular Atlantic City area in the last 15+ years. Complete details on the event can be found at www.chessweekend.com.
This is a highly recommended event! http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2010/02/highly-recommended-chess-event.html
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